Migration and mortality trajectories: A study of individuals born in the rural community of Överkalix, Sweden

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 744-751

  Tinghög, Petter ^a,b   Carstensen, John ^c   Kaati, Gunnar ^a,d   Edvinsson, Sören ^d   Sjöström, Michael ^a   Bygren, Lars Olov ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Industrialisation; Migration; Mortality; Pre migration conditions; Self selection; Sweden; Trajectory; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRAJECTORY; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FATHER; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80051886842     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.055     Document Type: Article

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